The PO had Cetol gloss on the exposed hand rails of my boat and I stayed with it. The PO wooded them sometime in the 2002-2004 time frame as best as I can tell and I have simply touched up damaged areas and recoated the wood with Cetol Marine Gloss (the clear product) twice a year since I bought it in 2006. The boat spends summers in the north and winters in SE Florida or the Keys. I like to look and find it very easy to maintain it. The teak trim within the enclosure had to be wooded when I bought the boat. I used Marine Light for the base coat and then gloss for the top coat. I add just one coat each year to this. I used Marine light for the base coat because the natural had not yet been offered. One tip, I find I get a more satisfactory job if I allow two days between coats of clear. Bob Kassal Chateau de Mer 1981 Hatteras 48 MY